IPOWER Growth Explodes with One Half Million Customers

Phoenix, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – June 20, 2006 – Leading small business website and eBusiness hosting provider, IPOWER, Inc., has recently reached the 500,000 customer account milestone. According to the company, IPOWER is surpassing industry expectations for growth this year. IPOWER just reached the milestone of 400,000 customer accounts in March, with a revenue growth rate at least 22% over last year.

Projections for industry growth for 2006 and 2007 are more than 10%, according to Tier 1 Research industry analysts. IPOWER is expected to more than double industry growth estimates. IPOWER attributes its growth to a variety of factors, including exceptional product pricing, upgraded virtual private and dedicated server offerings, additional shared hosting options and enhanced package features, and new services such as search engine optimization support. Its ease of use and fast, reliable tech support is cited in glowing reviews by experts all over the web.

The quality of its product and its service has garnered IPOWER multiple awards, including awards from Netcraft, TopHost’s Top 5 Host and Editor’s Pick from Hosting Review, as well as the 2006 Top Ten Reviews Gold Award and 100Best’s Web Host of the Year.

Jon Lee, President of 100Best commented, ”IPOWER is one of the pioneers in web hosting. Their geographically redundant data centers make them the most reliable web hosts in the industry. IPOWER took the lead in web hosting five years ago by providing one integrated web hosting solution for one low price.”

The company now employs over 270 people in the U.S., and has hired approximately 140 new employees at its Phoenix headquarters since the beginning of the year. Thomas Gorny, President and CEO of IPOWER added, ”I am very proud to announce this phenomenal half-million customer milestone. In 2001, I started this company on my credit card and a dream, and now we have 500,000 accounts and amazing revenue growth figures. Of course, we attribute much of this success to the work and dedication of our employees. I canâ€™t wait to celebrate this achievement with all of the team members here at IPOWER.”

IPOWER, Inc., founded in October 2001, provides web hosting and services for small and medium-sized businesses worldwide desiring to build, manage, promote and profit from an online presence. The company, which offers domain registration, web site hosting, e-commerce tools, merchant services, application hosting, online marketing, site optimization services, and web site design, is also known for the speed and effectiveness of its customer support. IPOWER is the 5th largest web site hosting company worldwide and now has 500,000 customer accounts in over 100 countries. For more information, please call 888-511- HOST (4678).

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